Athens Metro

Panepistimio metro station will remain close on Sunday from 15.00, whereas Syntagma station will remain close from 17:00 according to police orders.

During this time, rallies on the anniversary of the murder of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos will be in progress.

Under the fear of terrorist attacks, Greece’s independent privacy regulator, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA), gave the Athens metro company STASY permission to install security cameras inside 17 new metro trains serving lines 2 (Anthoupolis-Elliniko) and 3 (Agia Marina-Doukissis Plakentias – Airport).

There will be disruptions to the Greek public transport network due to a work stoppage by employees of the Athens metro, tram, bus, trolley and electric railway (ISAP) services, while railway and suburban railway employees will join the 24-hour strike called by Greece’s two major unions, GSEE and ADEDY.

The Athens metro system and trams will not be operating from 9 p.m. until the end of the Tuesday night shift due to a workers’ strike. The Piraeus-Kifissia overground electric railway will also be shut as part of the warning strike being held by metro, ISAP railway and tram workers.

Frommers website announced the most beautiful metro stations in the world taking into account safety, cleanliness, cost, but also great architecture or underground shops and eateries.

Athens Metro Station in Greece ranked 8th among the subways of London, Moscow and Stockholm.

Transport to the Athens International airport will be disrupted due to a 5-hour strike Monday from the Suburban Railway and the Athens Metro from 10am to 3pm. The Athens to Thessaloniki railway lines will also stop due to industrial actions, as will the suburban line. More specifically the following lines will stop:

The troubled construction of Thessaloniki?s metro system looks set to suffer another blow as funds for the archaeological excavations taking place alongside the works to build the transport network are running out.

A walkout by staff on public transport on Tuesday is to cause travel disruptions.

Services on the Athens metro, the ISAP electric railway and the tram will not start until 8 a.m. while trolley bus services will be suspended between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Protesters are demanding recruitment, the reversal of transfers and relocations, and more funding for transport services.

Workers on the Athens metro, ISAP electric railway and tram will stage a brief work stoppage on Tuesday, starting their shift at 8 a.m. rather than 5 a.m.

The union representing workers on fixed-track modes of transportation is protesting staffing and administration policies, saying it is prepared to take more action unless demands are met.

Early morning services on the Athens metro, electric railway Kifissia-Piraeus ISAP and tram will be disrupted on Friday, Labor Day, due to a stoppage announced by their unions. Services will resume at 9 a.m.

Trainose, the company operating the national and suburban (Proastiakos) rail network, has also announced that its staff was going on strike in observance of May 1.